
Snowy landscape
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
- Image courtesy of
- Saru Gallery
Description
A woman in a purple kimono with an orange patterned under-collar is seen from behind and in profile, her hair swept up in a dark bound style with an ornamental pin, leaning on a railing and gazing out over water toward snow-dusted pine trees and distant hills. The palette is muted—soft beige and grey tones for the sky and shore, pale blue for the water, with the woman's purple robe and touches of orange/red at her collar and sash providing the only strong color. A wooden lattice or screen structure is visible at the upper right, and the overall mood is quiet and contemplative, in keeping with the "Snowy landscape" title by Ogata Gekko, rendered in mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snowy landscape was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).